The police force in Malay town has started shifting green in the use of its patrol vehicles in the world-renowned tourist spot Boracay Island in Aklan.
This, after former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief general Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. initiated the donation of four more electric-tricycles to the Malay Police Station in a bid to further improve police presence in Boracay while responding to international calls to combat climate change.
photo: Malay MPS
Police Lt. Col. Don Dicksie De Dios, chief of police of Malay Municipal Police Station, said the new vehicles are a big boost to their morale as some of their mobility assets are already old and dilapidated.
“We are thankful to our fomer Chief PNP, general Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. for the additional four e-trickes. They will boost the capabilities of Malay PNP and improve the mobility of our personnel to immediately respond to calls for help and assistance and to ensure a strengthened mobile patrol in the Island of Boracay,” said De Dios during the turnover ceremony.
Western Visayas regional police chief Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco said the e-trikes will used to increase police presence in Boracay Island which is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.
The four e-trikes were in addition to the two e-trikes also donated under Azurin’s leadership last year.
The six e-trikes were funded undet the PNP modernization program.
Present during the turnover ceremony were Azurin, Francisco, Aklan Police Provincial Office director Col. Crisaleo Tolentino and Malay Mayor Floribar Bautista.